dasBlog vs. Loudblog vs. Pivot vs. typo

General Features dasBlog Loudblog Pivot typo
Version
2.0 (2.0.7226.0)
0.6
1.40.6
4.1.1
Release Date
2007-08-13 (17 years ago)
2006-12-08 (17 years ago)
2008-07-13 (16 years ago)
2007-05-07 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
Author
Clemens Vasters/Scott Hanselman/Team
Gerrit van Aaken
Pivot Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD License
GPL
GPL
MIT
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Beta
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
4
German, English, French, Romanian
Multi-User Support
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Optional
No
Yes
No
System Requirements dasBlog Loudblog Pivot typo
Programming Language
asp.net 2.0
PHP
PHP 4.1.0, PHP 4.3 or above recommended
Ruby on Rails
Operating System
Any Windows IIS platform
all
Any
All
Webserver
IIS 4.0+
Apache, IIS
Any, Apache 1.3.x or 2.x recommended
Apache, Lighttpd, Mongrel, ...
Root Access
No
No
No
Yes
Other Requirements
IIS process account write access to web folder
Ruby
Datastorage dasBlog Loudblog Pivot typo
Text Files
Yes
No
Yes
No
MySQL
No
Yes
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
Yes
SQLite
No
Yes
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Yes
MS SQL Server
No
No
No
No
Other
Structured XML data store
XML-based flat file storage
Anti-Spam dasBlog Loudblog Pivot typo
Akismet Support
Yes
No
No
Yes
Word Blacklist
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
IP Ban List
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Definable Questions
User Access Features dasBlog Loudblog Pivot typo
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
No
Audit Log
Yes
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Other Authentication
Vista CardSpace pending
Support dasBlog Loudblog Pivot typo
Commercial Support
No
No
No
No
Online Help
http://dasblog.info/
http://loudblog.de/index.php?s=manual
http://www.pivotlog.net/docs/
http://trac.typosphere.org/wiki/TroubleShooting
Issue Tracker
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dasblogce
http://forum.pivotlog.net/
http://trac.typosphere.org/report
Books
None
None
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
Blogging Features dasBlog Loudblog Pivot typo
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Archiving
No
No
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
No
No
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
No
Unknown
No
No
Blog by Email
Yes
No
Yes
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
No
Yes
No
Blog API
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API
none
MetaWeblog, Moblog
Blogger, MetaWeblog, MovableType
Post Editing dasBlog Loudblog Pivot typo
Multi-paged posts
No
No
No
No
Spell Checker
No
No
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Undo
No
No
No
Unknown
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
No
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Asset Management
No
No
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Comment Features dasBlog Loudblog Pivot typo
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Gravatars
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Open-ID Support
None
None
None
None
Extended Features dasBlog Loudblog Pivot typo
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
No
Yes
No
Polls / Surveys
No
No
Unknown
No
Search Engine
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Custom Pages
Patch
No
Unknown
Yes
Google Sitemap
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Workflow dasBlog Loudblog Pivot typo
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Versioning
No
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Interoperability dasBlog Loudblog Pivot typo
Content Import
BlogML pending
none
MovableType 3.x, WordPress 1.5x/2.x, Serendipity, TextPattern 1.x, RSS 0.2/0.9/2.0, Atom
Content Export
BlogML pending
via RSS
RSS, Atom
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
Yes
Unknown
No
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Administration dasBlog Loudblog Pivot typo
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication dasBlog Loudblog Pivot typo
RSS 0.9x
No
No
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
No
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
No
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting dasBlog Loudblog Pivot typo
Podcast Feeds
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Yes
Unknown
No
YouTube Support
No
No
Unknown
No
Media Converter
No
No
Unknown
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
Unknown
No
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